SSD question

[PurplDrank]

Hello all,

 

I am looking to upgrade my SSD that has my Windows 10 on it since it is only 240gb and the speed isnt as fast. How would I go about doing this? Do I simply take out my old SSD and put the new one in and do a fresh boot install with windows 10 as if i were building a new PC?

[steelo]

1 minute ago, PurplDrank said:

Hello all,

 

I am looking to upgrade my SSD that has my Windows 10 on it since it is only 240gb and the speed isnt as fast. How would I go about doing this? Do I simply take out my old SSD and put the new one in and do a fresh boot install with windows 10 as if i were building a new PC?

You could keep it as a backup drive and use macrium reflect to clone the file system onto your new ssd.

[PurplDrank]

Just now, steelo said:

You could keep it as a backup drive and use macrium reflect to clone the file system onto your new ssd.

I could, but that is beyond my scope of skill. Would I be able to do my original question?

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

Do I simply take out my old SSD and put the new one in and do a fresh boot install with windows 10 as if i were building a new PC?

Yes.
At least that is how I would do it, since doing something like cloning your drive or something will inevitably bring minor annoyances with it (like things being aligned differently and just other software quirks).

[steelo]

7 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

I could, but that is beyond my scope of skill. Would I be able to do my original question?

Absolutely... just replace the current ssd with the new one and treat it like a new win10 install.

 

You could always add that old drive later for extra storage. If you do though, just make sure it boots from your new ssd.

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15 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

I am looking to upgrade my SSD that has my Windows 10 on it since it is only 240gb and the speed isnt as fast. How would I go about doing this? Do I simply take out my old SSD and put the new one in and do a fresh boot install with windows 10 as if i were building a new PC?

Yes that would be the easiest and most problem-free method, and what I would probably do myself.  Usually these questions are sort of the opposite - people recommending that they do exactly what you've asked about in the face of the OP's strong desire to migrate their existing install

[PurplDrank]

35 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Yes that would be the easiest and most problem-free method, and what I would probably do myself.  Usually these questions are sort of the opposite - people recommending that they do exactly what you've asked about in the face of the OP's strong desire to migrate their existing install

 

46 minutes ago, minibois said:

Yes.
At least that is how I would do it, since doing something like cloning your drive or something will inevitably bring minor annoyances with it (like things being aligned differently and just other software quirks).

 

One more question guys. I OC'd my CPU and GPU when i do this will my CPU and GPU go back to its original state? 

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Just now, PurplDrank said:

 

 

One more question guys. I OC'd my CPU and GPU when i do this will my CPU and GPU go back to its original state? 

It depends how the OC is applied.  Generally speaking GPU overclocks are done in software, so yes that would be lost, unless you save a copy of your config from MSI afterburner or whatever you're using.  CPU overclocks can also be done this way and if you've done so, it would be subject to the same conditions, but they can also be done in the BIOS and if that's how you've done it, it will be preserved.

[PurplDrank]

13 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It depends how the OC is applied.  Generally speaking GPU overclocks are done in software, so yes that would be lost, unless you save a copy of your config from MSI afterburner or whatever you're using.  CPU overclocks can also be done this way and if you've done so, it would be subject to the same conditions, but they can also be done in the BIOS and if that's how you've done it, it will be preserved.

The only thing that was OC'd in the bios is the RAM. So everything else will be lost. 

[doommood]

Going backup to your original post, consider clone disks over fresh install since it would be just faster. Apply this for case you have healthy system running.

Acronis True Image or Clonezilla take about 20-30 minutes to make disk-to-disk copy of 250 GiB.